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Dianne Feinstein Biography
Born: June 22, 1933
San Francisco, California
American politician, mayor, and senator
Dianne Feinstein was elected San Francisco's first female mayor in 1979 and became one of the nation's most visible and recognized leaders.
In 1992, when she was elected to the Senate, she and Barbara Boxer became the first female senators from California.
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Background and early career
Dianne Feinstein was born in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 1933, to a Jewish physician father, Leon Goldman, and a Catholic Russian-American mother, Betty Rosenburg Goldman.
She attended a Roman Catholic school and a Jewish temple (a place for religious worship) during her youth, which resulted in her deep respect for different religions. Feinstein was introduced to politics by an uncle who began taking her to San Francisco Board of Supervisors (city council) meetings when she was sixteen.
She recalled later that this was the main factor in her dec